Natural hazards
Water Resources
Use of fresh water from the water cycle
• Surface water
– Lakes
– Streams
• Groundwater
– Springs
– Aquifers (extracted by
pumping wells)
Geological Hazards
Volcanoes
Landslides
Earthquakes
Floods
Geology in Engineering
Slope Failure Risk Assessment and Control
To prevent slope failure engineers must understand the geology that forms and controls the slope
Geology in Engineering
Committee member John Burland, an
engineer, promoted soil extraction as the
best way to save the tower.
In Pisa the tilted one is back in business
after an 11-year effort to keep it from
collapsing
Engineers use knowledge of geology to
design, protect and correct structures
Minerals, Rocks and the Rock
Cycle
Prof. Dr. Ziad Abu-Hamatteh
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Al-Balqa Applied University
Civil Engineering Department
The Crust of the Earth is the source for
many minerals that are essential for our
civilization
Quartz SiO2